VP-S Seed Packet & Plant Stake Printer

If you're a university research program, an agricultural research company, a seed company or a nursery printing seed packets, stakes, or tags in-house, the TNR VP-S is built specifically for you. Inspired by the Accufast P4 and refined for small agricultural media, it delivers clean, consistent print quality for both branding and variable data — barcodes, QR codes, dates, lot codes, and variety names included.

Backed by 50+ years of servicing equipment in the field, we designed this system to be both user friendly for operators and service friendly for maintenance. Many of the design details come directly from real-world experience and long-term feedback from customers in agriculture and packaging.

Open ink system — not locked into chipped cartridges

From day one, it was important to us not to lock customers into chipped or "managed care" ink. Restricting you to proprietary cartridges is a disservice — especially when you're managing tight margins and high volumes.

Flexible print area for seed packet and plant stake printing

Standard 2" total print height in two independently adjustable 1" print banks — perfect for different packet sizes, stake heights, and layouts.

The VP-S uses Xijet ink technology and accepts any HP45-style ink cartridge, so you can run:

• OEM or remanufactured cartridges
• Water-based or solvent-based inks
• Standard colors and custom colors matched to your brand

Most of the time, it's the same ink used in chipped systems, just in a far more economical cartridge — a significant reduction in ongoing ink costs while dramatically expanding your ink choices. If your workflow truly requires it, a chipped-ink option can be supported, but it's never mandatory.

What it prints on

• Seed packets and seed storage envelopes, including TriFold envelopes
• Plant stakes, also called data stakes, plot stakes or garden marking stakes, including wooden stakes
• Plant tags
• Shoot bags and tassel bags
• Row bands

Each piece can carry text, barcodes, QR codes, dates, lot codes and variety names from your own list.

Built for research and production

Many of the VP-S printers working in agriculture today are at universities and agricultural research companies, labeling packets, stakes and bags for field trials. The same machine suits seed packagers and nurseries: one multimedia printer for every kind of agricultural labeling.